Led by Venezuelan conductor Joshua Dos Santos, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) continues its Centennial Season with a concert that moves from the Classical style to the late Romantic symphony. “From Mozart to Mahler” will be presented on May 30 starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Proscenium Theater in Makati by the MSO Foundation Inc....
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Manila Symphony Orchestra joins forces with Ballet Manila in a season opener
The Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) and Ballet Manila are opening their respective centennial season and 40th performance season with Ballet Manila’s “Sleeping Beauty” on March 13, 14 and 15, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky presented live by the MSO under the baton of conductor Alexander Vikulov and choreography by Lisa Macuja Elizalde. This staging...
From left, pianists Raffi Kasparian, Carmencita Sipin-Aspiras, Inna Montesclaros —CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS
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Music to soothe from FEU Center for the Arts and Manila Symphony Orchestra
There’s much to look forward to in the musical scene as the month winds down: the Far Eastern University (FEU) Center for the Arts’ piano concert featuring Raffi Kasparian, DMA, on Jan. 21 and the Manila Symphony Orchestra’s (MSO) “Legacy” featuring the pianists Carmencita Sipin-Aspiras and Inna Montesclaros on Jan. 25. Kasparian’s concert to be held at...
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The Manila Symphony Orchestra marks 100 years with a concert in January
On Jan. 22, 1926, the Manila Symphony Orchestra (MSO) conducted by founder Alexander Lippay performed Ludwig van Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 in its inaugural concert at the Manila Grand Opera House. Exactly 100 years later, on Jan. 22, 2026, as a reminder of its enduring legacy, the MSO will perform Leonore Overture No. 3...
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Italian violinist Alessio Benvenuti is at home in the Philippines
Holding their violins and bows, Alessio Benvenuti and Sara Gonzales walked to the “stage” cordoned off by retractable belt barriers. Within minutes they were playing Antonio Molina’s “Hating Gabi,” weaving a blanket of serenity over those present. They segued to Niccolò Paganini’s “Violin Duo,” a piece said to be not the composer’s best-known piece but...
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Manila Symphony Orchestra soloist EJ Villarin in the eyes of his mother and teacher
The violinist Emanuel John “EJ” Villarin would have just turned 21 when he is featured in the Manila Symphony Orchestra’s first concert for the season, “Music for Peace,” on May 24. He is the soloist in Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61. Nevertheless, EJ is still that child, that boy, to his mother,...